Are there any Amish in Louisiana?

photo: Scroonch From Lancaster, Pennsylvania, through Ohio and Indiana and on out to other long-established settlements in Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas, we tend to associate the Amish with the nation's middle latitudes. read more

Today there are no major Amish settlements in Louisiana, and I wouldn’t be surprised if there were no Amish at all, but there are Mennonites which are similar to Amish, but they are more open to modern conviences and aren’t as isolationist. read more

A small, accidental settlement of Amish apparently once existed in New Orleans. David Luthy explains that in the 1800s, many migrant Amish came to America from Europe by way of the Mississippi River port. Sometimes it happened that an Amish family lacked the funds to continue upstream and onward to established settlements, often in Illinois. read more